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The Bluest Eye: A Novel
Gift of Elizabeth A. Schultz, November 2015.
SpecColl copy: From the Elizabeth A. Schultz collection of African American literature.
SpecColl copy: From the Elizabeth A. Schultz collection of African American literature.
The Changelings: a classical Japanese court tale
Translation of: Torikaebaya monogatari. This late Heian period novel relates the story of a sister and a brother who are cross-gendered. The sister passes as a man and serves at the Imperial court as “Chūnagon (Middle Counselor)” and even…
The Confessions of Lady Nijō
Translation of Towazugatari by Nakanoin Masatada no Musume. One of the oldest books in print by a woman, The Confessions of Lady Nijō is a memoir written by a high-spirited Japanese Imperial court concubine, covering the years 1271 to 1306. She tells…
The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521
Modern English edition (1942) of Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (True History of the Conquest of New Spain) by Bernal Díaz del Castillo, first published 1632.
